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Here's to the Crazy Ones ...

I had a meeting the other week with two of the savviest people in the U.S. policing world. That meeting unleashed from me a torrent of...

A Tale of Two EBPs, Vol III

In this installment of "As the EBP World Turns," we return to our heroes and heroines at VicPD and London PS to see how they are faring...

Evaluating qualitative research - an idea

I was recently asked to work on a review of the existing Canadian literature on missing persons. In theory, this should be an easy task:...

A Proposition that Will Scare the Hell out of Some People

The other week I was engaged in a discussion with a frontline officer on the interminable question of how do you get research project...

If We’re Going to Use Qualitative Research for Public Policy, then We Need Better Standards

A while back I read a report that was released with some fan fare. It was a study offering public policy recommendations on the criminal...

Improving Rigor in Qualitative Research

It’s time to revisit one of my favourite topics: improving rigor in qualitative research. What is this, you say? Anyone who has ever...

It Might Not Seem Odd to You, but ... (Research into Visual Perceptions of Policing)

Yesterday I was out walking the pups, when the neighbors called me over. "Why", they keenly inquired, "were there two police cars parked...

What Research is Cooking at CAN-SEBP HQ

We here at CAN-SEBP Headquarters remain as busy as ever. As you know, we're currently working on projects in London and Victoria. What...

Planning for Failure to Achieve Success

One of the relative advantages of traveling so much is that I end up spending a lot of time looking at books at the airport. On my most...

Making Your Data Tell a Better Story - Visual Images

Let me begin with a confession: I'm not only a qualitative researcher, I'm actually an ethnographer. That means I'm one of those nutter...